Once again, bulldozers are rumbling through Central Valley vineyards in California taking out thousands of vines, just as they did a little over a decade ago.
But the mood is different this time around after a year in which wine grape growers with long-term contracts fared far better than those without.
“This time, there’s not a lot of distress, not a lot of drama,” said Carson Smith, chairman of the San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association....More

By now, you have likely heard that Asian citrus psyllids were detected in Santa Clara County and San Joaquin County. It was further disheartening when inspections in San Jose uncovered a breeding population of the pest....More

Urban residents in citrus growing region of California claim to have never heard of Asian citrus psyllid or its dangers. This presents an uphill battle for commercial growers in their fight against the psyllid as many citrus trees exist in nearby residential yards....More